Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has been left "extremely concerned" after social care students in a Dublin college discovered they will be unable to work as social care workers when they graduate.
Students in Dublin Business School's BA and BA (Hons) in Applied Social Care have said they feel "grossly misled" and left thousands out of pocket as the college has withdrawn their application to CORU, Ireland's health and social care professional regulator. This means graduates will be unable to become official social care workers, despite having a degree.
The college has said they withdrew the application when it became apparent it would not be successful due to CORU having "concerns about the extent to which the programme ensures the achievement of the Registration Board Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers".
